Ok just to answer a few things.
1st there is no need to IC about giving Althena any of Samson's gear as it would have been done so after reaching land fall in Chard Rush if not earlier on the boat itself.
I will try to transfer the gear sometime after work tonight.
As for you standing guard DA, remember this, your character in some ways is a very important one as your the only one who can bear the sword without being corrupted by it. If the party loses you it will just make things a whole lot harder. This happened to one of my Table Top groups and they tried thier best but in the end they failed having to kill each other off one by one as the sword took control of who ever was carrying it. So putting you on guard duty would be foolish, heck look at it this way ya get to play the famous Diva so to speak

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So far I do like the interaction between the two of you its so much better then the interaction between Alasdair and I, HOPEFULLY this will spark more interaction between all of the party as the game seems to have, since the first crash, lacked alot of that.
But no matter what our motto here is GAME ON!! so lets get,her done.